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Introducing CFR’s China Strategy Initiative
Competition with China poses a challenge unlike any the United States has faced before. To meet the challenge, CFR's new China Strategy Initiative will answer the questions that go to the heart of American China strategy through fresh analysis, granular policy recommendations, and convenings with experts from around the world.
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Core Questions and Programs
The China Strategy Initiative will launch cross-cutting programs to address four foundational questions.
The Open Source Observatory will acquire, digitize, and translate vast quantities of Chinese-language material and make it publicly available.
China 360° will pull expertise from across CFR to understand China’s global activities and how countries respond to them.
The China Policy Accelerator will produce actionable policy recommendations on what the United States should do not just abroad but at home, from fixing the defense industrial base to securing critical infrastructure from cyberattack.
The Global China Forum will launch conversations with experts from the United States, China, and other countries around the world.
Research Priorities
Explore CFR’s work on the key issues in China strategy.
Inside China
China’s Real Economic Crisis
with Zongyuan Zoe Liu via Foreign Affairs
Secure Jobs, Uncertain Future: China’s Growing Appetite for Government Employment
Blog Post by Yanzhong Huang
China Is Reversing Its Crackdown on Some Religions, but Not All
Expert Brief by Ian Johnson
Taiwan
Defense and Security
Does NATO Have a Role in Asia?
Expert Brief by David Sacks
Reflecting on a Changing Indo-Pacific: A Conversation With Admiral John Aquilino
Event with Admiral John Aquilino
The U.S. Navy Has a Nuclear Workforce Problem
Expert Brief by John P. Barrientos
Economics and Technology
The US Needs More than a Critical Minerals Stockpile, It Needs Market Infrastructure
Article by Arnab Datta and Ashley George
U.S.-China Economic Relations With Jay Shambaugh
Event with Jay C. Shambaugh, Matthew P. Goodman and Rush Doshi
Virtual Media Briefing: U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports
Event with Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Brad W. Setser, and Matthew P. Goodman
Geopolitics and Diplomacy
Obama Tried to Pivot to Asia in 2011. We Must Succeed This Time.
with Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine via The Washington Post
China and Russia: Exploring Ties Between Two Authoritarian Powers
Backgrounder by Clara Fong and Lindsay Maizland
Fickle Friends: Sino-Israeli Ties Buckle Amid War With Hamas
Blog Post by Simone Lipkind
Transnational Challenges
Fentanyl Supply Chains in China: Chinese Fentanyl Makers and Domestic Circulation
Blog Post by Zongyuan Zoe Liu
China’s Battle Against Air Pollution: An Update
Blog Post by Yanzhong Huang
A Virus Hunter’s Struggle for Respect in Post-COVID China
with Yanzhong Huang via Think Global Health
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Why China Would Struggle to Invade Taiwan
Although China’s ambition to gain control of Taiwan is clear, doing so through force would prove enormously difficult and costly.
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Tracking China’s Control of Overseas Ports
This interactive map tracks China’s growing maritime influence through investments in strategic overseas ports.
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U.S.-China Relations
The United States and China have one of the world’s most important and complex bilateral relationships. Since 1949, the countries have experienced periods of both tension and cooperation over issues including trade, climate change, and Taiwan.
More From the China Strategy Initiative
China Strategy Initiative Launch Event
Join us for the launch of CFR's China Strategy Initiative on Monday, June 24
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Conversation With Jake Sullivan—the Future of U.S.-China Relations
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discusses U.S.-China relations and the Biden administration’s policy priorities for the relationship going forward.
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America’s New Cold Wars, With David Sanger
David Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the post-Cold War ended and why the new era of geopolitical rivalry began.
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The U.S. Pivot to Asia, With Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine
Robert D. Blackwill, the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR, and Richard Fontaine, the chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the U.S. response to the rise of China.
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Last month, Ganfeng Lithium, China’s largest lithium producer and refiner, announced plans to establish a $1.1 billion trading desk “to reduce the risk of market fluctuations” associated with its gro…
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Rush Doshi, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and director of the China Strategy Initiative, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how America should navigate its geopolitical rivalry with China.
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China’s industrial policies may boost its number of small-scale chemical intermediate producers, increasing the risk that certain opportunistic firms may venture into supplying various precursors for synthetic drugs such as fentanyl.
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While a robust public sector is essential, an overreliance on government employment could significantly reshape China’s future.
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Sir Robin Niblett, distinguished fellow at Chatham House, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss a potential second Cold War between the United States and China.
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Taiwan should not dismiss Donald Trump’s recent comments about the island.
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Stagnant urban productivity stunts Latin America’s economic growth; Chinese lenders turn away from Latin America.